Maisie Gill, a third-grade student in Andrese Foreman’s class at Ocean City Elementary School, placed third in the Young Author’s Contest for her short story “The Coney Island Kitties.” Above, she is pictured with her family.

These kindergarteners from WPS were happy to see the first 100 days of school come and go. Pictured, from left, are Savannah Baker, Romie Crevecoeur, Daniel Kauffman, Ilya Buinovskis, Parker Moreland and Natalie Gjikuria.

Students in Danielle Marshall’s first grade class at Ocean City Elementary are learning about plants and insects. They started their journey by reading a funny fictional story, A Diary of a Spider. They were introduced to important vocabulary words and learned to retell key details from the story, preparing them for understanding key concepts and… Read more »

Abby Harrison’s second grade class was all smiles celebrating the 100th Day of School at WPS. Pictured, from left, are Auggie Hall, Aryan Verma, Hannah Giardina, Hristina Gjoni, Emery Anthony, Ethan Arnold, Harrison, Zia Salem, Dev Pillai, Grace Hornung, Kamden White, Margot Hidell, Ellie Bookwalter, Emma Abbott and Ian Laroche.

The Shirley Hall Youth Art Show was held March 3-5, at the Art League of Ocean City. Worcester Prep junior Izzy Huber of Berlin placed first in the high school category, and seventh grader Elena Gjoni of Ocean City placed first in the middle school category. Above, Huber holds her piece, “Shattered”, Elena Gjoni holds her… Read more »

In honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss, Ocean City Elementary celebrated Read Across America Day on March 2. The school welcomed special guest readers from the Board of Education and the community into the classrooms.  Dress up spirit days were held all week themed to some of the students’ favorite Dr. Seuss books. Above some… Read more »

The Alpha Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma worked with the students of Stephen Decatur Middle School Builders Club, SADD, SGA, National Junior Honor Society and the Ocean Pines Kiwanis Club to gather, package, and distribute toiletries and essential items to Diakonia. This is a yearly project to help local shelters.

Ocean City Elementary recently celebrated its 100th day of school by enjoying a school-wide celebration in the gym. This celebration always gets the students and faculty members excited for the next 80 days of school.  During the celebration, Jake Coleman, head football coach at SDHS and some of his players, pictured, spoke with the students about… Read more »

Worcester Preparatory School students received awards for their artwork entered into the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club’s Worcester County High School Art Contest. In February, the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club’s gallery featured the Worcester County High School Art Contest, a juried art competition. The exhibition featured 26 pieces of student artwork submitted by high school art… Read more »

The Ocean City Elementary PTA held a Paint Night last month for students and their families. Pictured are Cheeky Vitjathorn, Morgan Connolly, Everly Hill and Noelle Diesel from Laura Black’s kindergarten class.